Chaplain staffing and scope of service: benchmarking spiritual care departments

Corson, Tyler; White, Kelsey; Charlescraft, Ann; Jackson-Jordan, Elizabeth; Johnson, Tricia J.; Fitchett, George

doi:10.1080/08854726.2022.2121579

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“…Chaplaincy services in hospitals are essential for meeting patients’ spiritual needs. Moreover, chaplains support patients and their families during traumatic experiences and crises, and they assist hospital staff with ethical dilemmas (Tartaglia et al, 2022). This study contributes to the literature by examining hospitals’ provision of chaplaincy services in recent years and by investigating factors influencing the provision of chaplaincy services in a national sample of hospitals.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Leading U.S. hospitals attend to spiritual care through the provision of chaplaincy services (Tartaglia et al, 2022). Hospitals that provide chaplaincy services employ chaplains—also known as spiritual care providers—who are master’s level educated and board-certified health professionals.…”

Section: Spiritual Care Within Hospitalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Hospitals that provide chaplaincy services employ chaplains—also known as spiritual care providers—who are master’s level educated and board-certified health professionals. These services may include chaplains who provide 24/7 emotional and spiritual support to individuals during crises or experiencing grief and loss, chaplains actively participate in interdisciplinary teams and hospital committees, and chaplains often lead hospital ethics committees (Tartaglia et al, 2022). Chaplains also support clinical staff and patients’ families during end-of-life discussions (Stilos et al, 2019) and may provide guidance during organ donation decisions (Tartaglia & Linyear, 2000).…”

Section: Spiritual Care Within Hospitalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Provision of chaplaincy services in U.S. hospitals

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Lee,

Jennings

et al. 2023

Health Care Manage Rev

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Background Increasingly, hospitals are expected to provide patient-centered care that attends to patients’ health needs, including spiritual care needs. Chaplaincy services help to meet patients’ spiritual care needs, which have been shown to have a positive impact on health outcomes. Variation in the provision of chaplaincy services suggests hospitals do not uniformly conform to the expectation of making chaplaincy services available. Purpose The aim of this study was to examine the availability and factors that influence hospitals’ provision of chaplaincy services. Methodology Data were combined from the American Hospital Association annual surveys with the Area Health Resource File at the county level from 2010 to 2019. Observations on general, acute-care community hospitals were analyzed (45,384 hospital-year observations) using logistic regression that clustered standard errors at the hospital level. Results Hospitals with Joint Commission accreditation, more staffed beds, nonprofit and government ownership, teaching status, one or more intensive care units, a higher percentage of Medicare inpatient days, church affiliation, and system membership were more likely to provide chaplaincy services than their counterparts. Certification as a trauma hospital and market competition showed no influence on the provision of chaplaincy services. Conclusion The lack of chaplaincy services in many hospitals may be due to limited resources, workforce shortage, or a lack of consensus on scope and nature of chaplaincy services. Practice Implications Chaplaincy services are an underutilized resource that influences patient experience, clinician burnout and turnover, and the goal of ensuring care is patient-centered. Administrators should consider stronger partnerships where services are provided; researchers and policymakers should consider how the lack of these services in some hospitals may reinforce existing health disparities.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Spiritual Care Within Hospitalsmentioning

confidence: 99%